long island jack

South Hanson Virginia!!!!!

Nice to meet up today with Snow white and the seven dwarfs,sneezy,grumpy,dirty and bashfull etc. Layout looked good,magnet looked better in road,but to be honest at the height of the layout and distance from the paying public, you'ed have been lucky to see it!!! The only thing i couldn't work out was which part of New England it was,at one time there were loco's from SF,Conrail and a NH!!!!(i'm sure someone got photo's) I'm sure it happen at some time and look forward to the next incantation New England 2020 the future!!!! Hope John G got all those cars weathered(dirty) and him a Nick went Dutch!!!! Keep up the good work Chris and don't forget, it's your layout and it's suppose to be FUN!!!!!! Ray p.s Hope mister Grumpy has found something on the menu!!!!!!!!

Mick at coastal dcc, did me a loksound select direct,for my Atlas RS1(new version),just finished fitting it, sounds superb,better sound and motor control than soundtraxx,just needs a bit of fine tuning on my mates decder pro. Will do a video when sorted. Ray

Highpeak, This is the sign i used,the layout is based in mid/late 60's and thought there would still be some knocking about on the minor roads in most cities. Ray

Bingo!!,you win the coconut,it's a yellow stop sign (think they were used till the late fifties,before they went red) Cats name, galore,(think 60's james bond) Ray

Mike Got them all,but one Ray

Ian You missed the first line should have went to specsavers!!!!!!!!!! Ray

Put the last of the detail on 59th,can you spot the difference(answers on a pos......) I've also added a tree,this is something i've fancied for a while,looking at all Jon's trees last weekend,give me that push i needed. The tree's a good hiding place for the local predators,you can just see the Kite sitting on the top branches,and the white cat crouching on the lower branch,probably looking at the same rat!!. Probably a lot of the small details like that will be missed by the majority of punters at exhibitions,as most just fly by(just another Americ....)but if one or two stop and ask question it's all been worth it. Only thing i may do is a couple of manhole covers in the road and a storm gate at the edge of the pavement. Hope you've all enjoyed the journey on the construction of 59th and Rust,i've enjoy building it,now its the fun part exhibiting it,invites are coming in,so you may see it in your part of the country sometime(i hope) it's out this weekend at my local show,Workington,the last this year,i'll be doing 5-6 next year so look out for me. Thank you to all those who help me on the way,and for all the kind comments. Ray p.s i can start on the next journey now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's afew DRS on the Acid tanks 37229 at Salterbeck, south of Workington 37667 Workington 37510 Workington 37688 Northside,north of Workington Ray

Or you could add the fiddle yard to the middle of the layout,which is what i did with Helm Ray

Hi all Thinking of adding some old road markings on Rust st. Would such a small street have them, if so what would they look like and what colour would they be,also would i need crossing bucks Ray

Hi guys,done another video (not much better) this time it's the PC local todays local is to long for the loop at the end of the branch,so they have to split the train the other side of Rust st. Don't know what the clicking sound is,sounds like point motors,but i don't have them on this layout,it could be me taking the tops of beer bottles!!! still a lot to learn with this video lark,don't even know if it's loaded here right!!! Ray P.S can you see where i didn't edit it or is it a false coupling!!!

Deja vu,i think i gave the same answer last time. My dad said this would happen once i past 21, just a couple of years to go(bu**er i've forgot Roundhouse posted a picture of me,i'm just over 21!!!) it woun't creep up on me i've creaky floor boards!!! Ray

Pete I've a 15 minute sound track that just loops,there's only 2 police sirens and 2 fire sirens,trouble is while moving the camara and setting up the shot,the sound keeps on looping thats why it's seems a busy place(also there's a police department on 59th street ) Glad you like the video,going to play about a bit more with the camara,before i do another (PC local). Ray p.s the've just had a delivery of new pallets!!!

Hi David Which exhibition??it's only done 2, Barrow(2 day),Hampstwhaite(1 day) did we talk?? Ray

i've done a video of the Erie local switching 2 boxcars,it hasn't come out to bad, still a bit to learn about this video lark,trying to keep it in focus is the worst bit,see what you think!!!!!!!! The S4 seems loud but it's turned down to 110,you can hear the background noises just!!!! it took me about 25 mins to switch these 2 boxcars, edited a bit out to save time,like i said still a lot to learn,but its a start!! Ray

Here's some duff's at the works 47435 47484 47519 47526 All the above are at Crewe works Ray

Some grids at the works 56062 Doncaster works 56127 Crewe works 56129 Toton 56011 Toton Ray

Afew tractors at the works 37070 Toton 37230 Crewe works 37408 Crewe works 37704 Doncaster works Ray

Here's a few around the works 20056 at Toton 20177-172 Crewe works 20122 Glasgow works 20207 Glasgow works Ray

Here's a few stabled at Workington 47002 47078 47085 47086 47120 Ray

last few for now 47853 at Dawlish 47053 at Cardiff 47406 at Holgate Juc 47471 at Preston 47503 on a parcels train at Cardiff 47553 at Oxford 47634 at Shrewsbury Ray

Afew more to wet your whistle 47355 at Cardiff 47423 at Newcastle,just arrived from Liverpool 47503 waitng to depart for Leeds 47564 standing on Bristol shed 47576 on a parcels train at Crewe 47583 at Carlisle, on the Leeds train 47609 waiting for its next trip to the west country Ray

Thanks to Roundhouse my cover is blown,and thanks to everyone for the kind remarks,it's much appreciated. Everything went ok,only problems was during setup on friday night, my Lenz set through a wobbly,but i got it sorted thanks to Kev. Got a lot of flattering remarks about the layout,and a couple of people asking how i did this and that,most people said the background sound just finished the layout off (when you could here it stuck between to stands playing dvd's on full volume, which drowned the whole corner where i was situated) also really chuffed that i got a invite to York exhibition,been trying for years to get a invite. Just a bit of coupling fine tuning and my buddy who helps me needs to have a few more practise nights to work out the best moves when switching. All in all a good weekend,and happy with the layout performance overall,next outing is my own show at Workington in November. Ray P.S Like the video Ian,might have a go at that myself.

some more from north of the border 47460 Haymarket 47467 Waverly 47673 Inverness Ray